OpenAI: GPT-5.5 vs Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free)
Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, OpenAI: GPT-5.5 ranks #14 overall — ahead of Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) at #17. Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $5/1M for OpenAI: GPT-5.5. OpenAI: GPT-5.5 offers the larger context window at 1.1M tokens.
Spec Comparison
| OpenAI: GPT-5.5 | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | openai | poolside |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $5 | Free |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $30 | Free |
| Context window | 1.1M | 262K |
| Input modalities | file, image, text | text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | 54.8 | — |
| AA Coding | 74.9 | — |
| AA Agentic | 44.9 | — |
| Released | Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
Usage Rank by Task
| Task | OpenAI: GPT-5.5 | Poolside: Laguna M.1 (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #14 | #17 |
| Multi-step Planning | #7 | — |
| Agent Workflows | #9 | — |
| Frontend UI | #7 | — |
| Code Review & Security | #7 | — |
| Image Processing | #5 | — |
FAQ
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.